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AP Predictions for 2015: B2B Payments Become a Strategic Business Process

By Andrew Bartolini June 19, 2015Articles, Strategy, Technology

Following our series on trends in accounts payable, Payables Place is going to take a look at predictions for the future of the AP function. Today’s installment, the last of four, will…

AP Predictions for 2015: ePayments Will Become the Default

By Andrew Bartolini May 29, 2015Articles, Process, Technology

[Editor's note: Following our series on trends in accounts payable, CPO Rising is going to take a look at predictions for the future of the AP function. Today’s installment, the first of…

Webinar Recap, Part II: Complex Spend Management: Best Practices in CWM

By Christopher Dwyer March 20, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Welcome to an exclusive two-part article series here on CPO Rising that will recap last month’s exciting Complex Spend Management: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management webinar, which was hosted…

Events Management in 2015: How Will It Evolve in the Year Ahead?

By Christopher Dwyer March 3, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

The realm of complex spend management is never a dull arena. From contingent workforce management to business travel and expense management, these industries encapsulate multiple “worlds” within the average organization,…

How Did We Do? Revisiting Our 2014 Predictions (Part II)

By Andrew Bartolini February 6, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

In 2014, we made some bold predictions. Now an even bolder move..... we evaluate and grade them. This is Part 2, here is Part 1. Since I was behind many…

ePayables: Big Trends & Predictions for 2015 (Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini February 4, 2015Articles, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners research over the past five years has shown that the use of B2B electronic payments (ePayments) is on the rise, having captured the attention of finance and AP…

What Does 2015 Hold for Travel and Expense Management?

By Christopher Dwyer January 26, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Process, Technology

Frequent visitors to CPO Rising will know that the complex category of business travel has increasingly become a bigger line-item at the average enterprise. In fact, the current business travel…

How Did We Do? Revisiting Our 2014 Predictions (Part I)

By Andrew Bartolini January 14, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Technology

January is a time for resolutions and predictions. We have many planned for you this month, but, before we dive into out 2015 ideas, we thought it would be interesting…

The Implications of 2015’s “Talent Vortex”

By Christopher Dwyer January 8, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process

We’ve all heard the meteorologists talk about it as if it were the end of times, or even a signal that the Earth’s climate issues are worsening by the year.…

The Strategic Meetings Management Program of 2017: A Three-Year Outlook

By Christopher Dwyer December 3, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Strategic meetings and events have become a prime means of recognizing top enterprise performers (incentive events), connecting with key customers (client-focused meetings), and driving new revenue streams via targeted conferences…